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RIVERFEST '96: ANNUAL DOWNTOWN GALA BEGINS TODAY
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
Riverfest organizers were ecstatic to learn Thursday that a view of the Mississippi River will be available during the festival this weekend. The floodgate at Broadway and Water streets was opened Thursday at 3 p.m., 24 hours before Riverfest 1996 begins...
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NOTRE DAME KICKS OFF FUND DRIVE
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
A two-phase fund-raising plan is about to kick off for the projected construction of Notre Dame High School. Project co-chairman Steve Dirnberger said the six-month effort to raise as much as $5 million will have to be broken up to ensure a maximum coverage of potential contributors...
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CLARK TAKES SUPERINTENDENT JOB IN INDIANA
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
The former Cape Girardeau school superintendent, Dr. Neyland Clark, accepted a job as superintendent of a southern Indiana school district Thursday. He starts July 1 at the South Harrison school district in Corydon, Ind., a town about 25 miles north of Louisville, Ky...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: LATE SPRING STORMS PRODUCE A HODGEPODGE
(Column ~ 06/14/96)
There must be something in the lightning that affects your brain waves, not to mention sizzling the toaster oven and VCR. Sometimes thoughts rattle around in my head. Does this ever happen to you? Some examples: The weather these past few days has been puzzling. ...
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JOHN WATTS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
SIKESTON -- A memorial service for John Watts of Portland, Ore., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ponder Funeral Home. Burial will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Watts, 90, died Saturday, June 8, 1996, in Portland...
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SCOTT CITY SETS BUDGET AT ABOUT $1.4 MILLION
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
Scott City -- The finance committee for the Scott City Council placed the last pieces of the city's 1996-97 budget Thursday night by setting the new public works director's salary and finalizing the department's working budgets. Finance committee member John Rodgers, who has been nominated by the city council to be the new public works director when Harold Uelsmann leaves the position, did not attend this committee meeting. ...
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MARY HAWN
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
Mary June Hawn, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 23, 1910, in Columbia, Ill., daughter of Robert R. and Zeruah Johnson Cruse. She and Pete E. Hawn were married Jan. 3, 1929, in Bush, Ill. He died March 8, 1984...
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FURLIE EAKER
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
Furlie Viola Eaker, 97, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Oct. 5, 1898, in Bollinger County, daughter of Lorence and Betty F. Eaker James. She and Glen E. Eaker were married Jan. 12, 1918. He died Jan. 12, 1994...
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ROBERT MCHENRY
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
IRONTON -- Robert H. McHenry, 64, of Ironton, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at Arcadia Valley Hospital. He was born March 9, 1932, at Lesterville, son of Guy R. and Bobbye B. Adams McHenry. He and Ruth Margaret Jones were married June 2, 1956. McHenry was a 1950 graduate of South Iron High School, and 1957 graduate of Memphis State University...
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IRENE VOTRAIN
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
Irene C. Votrain, 78, of Lebanon, Ill., died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, in Sparta, Ill. She was born Sept. 23, 1917, in Mascoutah, Ill., daughter of Edward and Ida Freivogel Klein. She and Edwin Votrain Jr. were married May 8, 1937, in Waterloo, Ill. He died Dec. 17, 1971...
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NELLIE WILSON
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Nellie E. Wilson, 80, of Tamms, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Mound City, daughter of Charles E. and Ida Mertz Wehrenberg. She and Ralph D. Wilson were married March 10, 1935. He died Feb. 11, 1977...
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HELEN BYRD
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
CHARLESTON -- Helen Byrd, 88, of Charleston, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 27, 1907, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of Tschudi Thompson and Annie Miller Herring Swayne. She and Thomas A. Byrd were married June 2, 1930...
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PATRICIA NETTELER
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Patricia Maxine Netteler of Martinez, Calif., was held Thursday at Connelly and Taylor Mortuary in Martinez. Graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston, with the Rev. Greg Robertson officiating...
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NATALIE STONE
(Obituary ~ 06/14/96)
L. Natalie Stone, 74, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1921, in Temple Hill, Ill., daughter of Robbie Lennie and Edith Ann Wilson Farmer. She first married Raymond L. Pelland II, who preceded her in death. She later married Richard Stone, who also preceded her in death...
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HISTORICAL GROUP SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
The Greater Cape Girardeau Historical Association is seeking new members who are interested in the past and want to create a brighter future. Membership applications can be sent to the association at 325 S. Spanish St. Both current and prospective members are invited to a wine and cheese reception from 7-9 p.m. July 12 at 303 S. Spanish...
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CAPE BOY MOVES TO TOP OF TRANSPLANT LIST
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
Kevin Lossing received a toy Tin Man as he moved to the top of the list of children awaiting heart transplants at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. The next heart available in his age group will go to 13-year-old Kevin, the son of Gary and Yvonne Lossing of Cape Girardeau...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/14/96)
I WAS very disappointed to see that a man from halfway across the country who donated his bone marrow to save the life of an infant girl from Dutchtown got a black-and-white photo and story on Page 10 while a woman who ran over her 4-year-old son with a lawn mower causing the boy to have to undergo multiple surgeries, physical therapy and relearn the basic skill of walking gets a story on Page 1 and Page 6 with more photos. ...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: NORM LAMBERT: SIKESTON'S LEGEND
(Column ~ 06/14/96)
One bitterly cold, clear Friday afternoon this past January, I was returning from Portageville, having attended the funeral of the father of a dear friend. Realizing it was 3 in the afternoon and I hadn't had any lunch, I stopped in at Lambert's restaurant in Sikeston at one of the few times there isn't a line or a wait at that famous eatery. ...
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VETERANS STILL FIGHT TO PROTECT OLD GLORY
(Editorial ~ 06/14/96)
I want you to use your imagination for a moment. Picture yourself walking a mile in somebody else's boots. You are in the heat of a ground battle. Death and destruction are all you can see through the haze of dust and exploding hunks of earth. Exploding rockets and towering flames radiate overtures of death. Artillery blasts pound your eardrums and rattle your rib cage. The smell and taste of gun powder overwhelm the senses...
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FLAG DAY 1996
(Editorial ~ 06/14/96)
As holidays go, Flag Day is generally observed as one of the lesser festivals in the nation's calendar of events. It can't compare with many major holidays that have come to be observed on Mondays so Americans can enjoy a three-day weekend. Like the Fourth of July, Flag Day has a specific date for its observance. For the most part, lining the streets with flags on Flag Day is about as good as it gets...
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WELCOME TO RIVERFEST '96
(Editorial ~ 06/14/96)
Riverfest '96 starts today and concludes its 17th annual celebration of Cape Girardeau's river heritage with entertainment and a dazzling fireworks display Saturday night. This year's theme is "Mississippi Magic," and organizers of the event have crammed something for everyone into the busy schedule...
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TREASURER'S STAFF TO CHECK UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ROLLS
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
The state has custody of unclaimed cash and property belonging to half a million Missourians. Staff members from state Treasurer Bob Holden's office hope to find some of those Missourians at Riverfest in Cape Girardeau Friday and Saturday. Staff members will be at Riverfest from 3-7 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday to check people's names on a portable computer that lists nearly 550,000 owners of unclaimed property...
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SEMO BAND DIRECTOR TO HAVE HAND IN OLYMPIC CEREMONY
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
Barry Bernhardt, band director at Southeast Missouri State University, will direct the opening ceremonies at one of four Olympic soccer venues in July. He will direct the opening ceremonies for Olympic soccer July 20 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Bernhardt will be responsible for choreography of the show. ...
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COUNTY, HUMANE SOCIETY MAY TEAM FOR ANIMAL CONTROL
(Local News ~ 06/14/96)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Commissioners and the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri may team up to provide animal control services for the county. City officials in Jackson and Cape Girardeau will also be contacted about the possibility of cooperating with the county on animal control efforts...
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A DRY RUN: RIVERFEST RUN RETURNS TO ITS OLD ROUTE TODAY
(College Sports ~ 06/14/96)
It's always wise to have plenty of water on hand at a running event. But when 14th Annual Riverfest Run gets under way this evening at 7:30, race organizers will be happy less liquids will be on hand than last year, when flood waters forced a detour in the traditional route to Cape Rock Park...
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